Gavin Newsom and Donald Trump (Getty Images)
Newsom claimed the deployment was a massive waste of time and money.
He accused Trump of having "burned" hundreds of millions of dollars "just to try to sear in your mind that he's some tough guy because he didn't get enough hugs from his parents growing up."
"This is about families. It's about community. It's about the sense of place. It's about our economy. And it's about time Donald Trump grow up. It's about time Donald Trump understand what the hell he is doing," he added.
"And, so, I'm here in front of a church, on church grounds, mindful that our democracy is not on firm ground. And mindful of our responsibility to be assertive at this moment."
The governor also criticized Trump for sending troops to a U.S. city rather than overseas.
"He deployed roughly 5,000 military, not overseas. In fact, his entire first term the president of the United States did not even send military boots on the ground overseas his entire first term. [In] the first six months of his administration, he decides to send them to the United States of America."
Gov. Newsom greets the Trumps on an airport tarmac in this undated file photo. (Pool)
In response, Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, told Fox News Digital in an emailed statement that Newsom "is on the wrong side of history, and he will have to answer for his atrocious policies."
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"This is what’s actually harming our communities: Gavin Newscum’s pro-criminal illegal alien policies," said Jackson, adding the governor "recently protested a successful immigration raid at a California marijuana farm that rescued children who were victims of labor exploitation and detained rapists, pedophiles and other criminals.
"The American people elected President Trump to deport these sick criminals, and a vast majority of American voters — including Democrats — support these policies."
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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